Attachment for cultivators



(No Model.)

L. M. REED. ATTACHMENT FOR GULTIVATORS. No. 422,973. Patented Mar. 11, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

LEWIS M; REED, OF PATTERSON, KANSAS.

ATTACHMENT FOR CULTIVATORS.

SPEGIFIGATION formihg part of Letters Fatent No. 422,973, dated March 11, 1890.

Application filed August 31, 1889- Serial No. 322,529. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEWIS M. REED, a citizen of the United States, residing at Patterson, in

being had to the accompanying drawings, and

to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specifica' tion,

My invention has relation to improvements in oultivators of that class used in cultivating crops planted in parallel rows, and it is specially adapted for list corni The object is to provide an improved cultivating attachment adapted to be readily and conveniently attached, regulated, and adjusted as to depth, and detachable, as may be required or desired.

I have clearly illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a plan View of my invention attached to a wheel-cultivator. Fig. 2 is a side View showing the relation of the different plows to the land and plants Fig, 3 is a de tail of the means for holding the beams to the axle, Fig. 4 is a perspective of the cultivating attachment,

Referring to the drawings, A denotes the wheels of the carriage, of the usual construction, supporting the bailed axle 1, On the top of the bail of the axle is secured the tongue, supported forward of the bail by brace-rods 2, extended downward and clipped or otherwise secured to the arms of the aXle, substantially as shown in the drawings. The usual draft attachments are mounted on the tongue, as shown, On each arm of the axle is adjustably secured abearingsleeve 3,having a central opening 4;. A clip 5 embraces the axle and has its arms projected up through the opening in the sleeve 3 to form a vertically-arranged bearing for the beams, which swing laterally on a plain thereon.

B denotes the main beams, and O the inner main beam. These are arranged with their inner ends together and so secured by a strap piece 6, formed with a circular head or loop 7, and the side pieces arranged to embrace the inner ends of the beams, and a bolt 8 through the parts secures them firmly togethen The aperture formed by the loop 7 serves as a bearing for the vertical extensions of the clip 5, upon which the beams have limited swinging movements. The beams also have a vertical play on this bearing. Between the main beams is arranged a brace piece 9, which keeps them rigidly intheir po sition in relation to eachother. The inner beams G are bent to stand in advance of the foot of the main beams and are provided with shovels or bits smaller than those used on the main beams. The inner beams are 7 set to take a lighter depth than the main beams On the main beams are the handles 10, secured thereto by any of the usual means.

D denotes the listing-beams, specially constituting the main element of my invention. These consist of metal bars formed with a flat end portion 11, to set under the clamp, an offset 12, from the inner end of which the beam 13 is carried down, and formed or provided at its land end with a narrow plow 14:. The offset of this beam throws the beam portion inward, and the beam is curved so as to throw the point inside of the inner main beam, and is carried down below the point of the latter, sothat the point shall run deeper in advance of the inner main beam, substan tially as shown in the drawings. The end of these listing-beams are detachably secured to the main beams by clips 15, and the set of them adjusted by means of a'bar 16, secured to the bend of the listing beams and bent outward to conform to the length of the oif set in the listing-beams This bar 16 is held in a clip 17, arranged on the inner main beam, and is held in any determined vertical position by the clamp of the clip. To prevent the listing-beams from withdrawing from the clips which hold them to the main beams, the end is turned slightly up or formed with a lug, as seen at 18.

The operation is apparent from the premises of the description, but may be rehearsed here. The plows of a the outer main beams stir up the fallow land, and the plows of the inner main beams stir up the land adjacent to the plant fnrrow, the blades of the plows being arranged to slightly direct the soil outward from the row of plants. run with their points close along the row of plants, and, being arranged to throw the soil outward, the plants are not disturbed, except to loosen up the soil adjacent to their roots. By means of the handles the plows are guided so as to run substantially parallel with the rows of plants.

The listing beam and plow, being detachable, may be separate articles, and in the form shown and described be applied to any cultivator; 4

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, in a cultivator, of the The listing-plows main beams and the detachable listing-beams D, formed with straight inner ends having lugs 18, an offset 12, projected inward, and a curved'beam portion 13, provided with a fastening-bar 16, bent outward to conform to the offset of the listing-beams, a clip secured about the inner end of the listing-beam and the main beam, and a clip about the fastening-bar and the main beam, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

I11 testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

LEWIS M. REED.

l/Vitnesses: 7 PETER MoGEAeHY, JOHN MoGEAoHY, 

